Swimming upstream: Market access for African fish exports in the context of WTO and EU negotiations and regulation

Development Policy Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-138

  Ponte, Stefano ^a   Raakjær, Jesper ^b   Campling, Liam ^c  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Denmark)

^b Nordsocentret   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; EXPORT; FISH; TRADE AGREEMENT; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33846256108     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2007.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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